Lynx looking for No. 1 pick in draft lottery

The Minnesota Lynx are hoping luck goes their way during Thursday night's WNBA draft lottery. Despite winning the WNBA title, the Lynx have the second best chance to secure the top overall pick in next April's draft.

The Minnesota Lynx are hoping luck goes their way during Thursday night's WNBA draft lottery. Despite winning the WNBA title, the Lynx have the second best chance to secure the top overall pick in next April's draft.

The reigning WNBA champions had a shot at the No. 1 overall pick in next year's draft- but they will have to settle for third. The WNBA lottery was conducted in New York Thursday and despite winning the league title, the Lynx had the second-best shot at the draft's top spot. . Los Angeles walked away with the first pick in next April's draft.

It may seem unfair, but the WNBA champion Minnesota Lynx have the second best chance to win the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft. The lottery will be held November 10, and Minnesota has a 27.7% chance to take home top pick, all because of a trade and a little luck.

The reigning WNBA champs will be getting better on April 16. The Minnesota Lynx own the rights to the Washington Mystics first round pick, which just so happens to be the third overall pick in the first round. The Lynx also have the 12th pick in the first round.

The Minnesota Wild will be picking seventh in June's NHL Draft. The Wild had a 4.7 percent chance of moving up in Monday night's draft lottery, but didn't. Notable NHL players selected seventh overall include Nashville defenseman Ryan Suter in 2003 and former Golden Gopher Kyle Okoposo, who was drafted by the Islanders in 2006.

Lynx center Taj McWilliams-Franklin hopes to be in the lineup when Minnesota goes for the sweep in Atlanta tonight in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals. She sprained her knee in Game 2, and had to leave in the third quarter. The Lynx say her status will be a game-time decision.

Notre Dame's Devereaux Peters is the newest member of the Minnesota Lynx. She was picked third overall today in the WNBA draft. In her senior season last year, the 6-2 forward averaged about 12 points a game for the Irish.